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Oct 19 2009
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards today vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 37 others in one of the country’s most unstable provinces. The attack, which killed the...
Sep 15 2009
An Iranian proposal prohibiting military attacks against nuclear installations worldwide has been approved by the UN nuclear watchdog’s general conference, an Iranian official says. “Iran’s proposal … has been approved in the...
Sep 10 2009
n Iran, women have made remarkable strides in education in the last decades — 65 percent of college undergraduates are female and 70 percent of graduate students are enrolled in medicine. Yet legally, women cannot travel freely without the...
Aug 28 2009
A suicide bomber lightly wounded a senior prince largely credited for Saudi Arabia’s anti-terrorism campaign when he blew himself up just before going into a gathering of well-wishers for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the state news agency...
Jul 15 2009
A Tupolev passenger aircraft crashed in northwestern Iran on Wednesday and 168 people on board were killed, Iranian media reported. The Caspian Airlines aircraft was carrying 153 passengers and 15 crew, Reza Jafarzadeh, a spokesman for Iran’s...
Jun 29 2009
British authorities were awaiting a response from Iran today after condemning the arrests of nine embassy staff in Tehran. Although “several” of the employees have since been released, some remain in custody, according to the Foreign and...
Oct 30 2008
I’ve always been dubious about Barack Obama’s offer to negotiate with Iran — not because I didn’t believe that it was the right strategy, but because I didn’t believe we had enough leverage to succeed. And negotiating in the Middle East...
Oct 13 2008
It irks me that I even have to say this: Being a Muslim woman is a joyful thing....Blessings abound for me as a Muslim woman: The freshness of ablution is mine, and the daily meditation zone of five prayers that involve graceful, yoga-like movements,...
Oct 12 2008
Iran has announced plans for a new car designed specially for women.Its features will include automatic transmission, parking and navigation aids and a jack for changing tyres without getting grease on your chador. Iran’s biggest car producer, Iran...
Apr 7 2008
Britain’s exit strategy from Iraq was said to be in tatters yesterday after it emerged that British troops are back on the streets of Basra. Around 150 British soldiers are now ‘embedded’ with Iraqi army units attempting to re-take...